Mixbooks for Education* provides an online scrapbooking environment in which images are embedded on pages in a digital book. Text and documents may be integrated by converting the text into an image file format. http://www.mixbook.com/edu *Always check sites and usage to be sure your use is within the limits set by your school AUP.
Examples:
View some of the examples below for ideas. Also identify what you think is effective and/or ineffective in the page layout, design, and content. Think about how you would use this format in your teaching practice. Consider the following: Are the pages easy to read? Do graphics support or enhance content or are they distracting to the viewer? How much type on a page is enough or too much? The Education Gallery features pages and pages of finished projects http://www.mixbook.com/gallery/education
The Ocean by Maite R. http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/the-oceans-4741477
How to create your own Mixbook video at Screencast.com Sign up for a free account Create a Mixbook I have developed this 16 minute video to provide you with all of the basic details you will need to create a Mixbook. http://www.screencast.com/t/HZRKaMlLGg Note: To finish a project a another time, save the project by clicking on the save icon. Return to the project by logging in to your account and open the Mixbook by clicking on the Create tab (top of page) and open the project by clicking to select it from the Mixbooks in Progress list. These directions include converting text to a jpeg image format for PC users.
To convert text created in Pages to a jpeg image format for Mac users:
http://www.mixbook.com/edu
*Always check sites and usage to be sure your use is within the limits set by your school AUP.
Examples:
View some of the examples below for ideas. Also identify what you think is effective and/or ineffective in the page layout, design, and content. Think about how you would use this format in your teaching practice.
Consider the following:
Are the pages easy to read?
Do graphics support or enhance content or are they distracting to the viewer?
How much type on a page is enough or too much?
The Education Gallery features pages and pages of finished projects
http://www.mixbook.com/gallery/education
The Ocean by Maite R. http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/the-oceans-4741477
Elementary yearbook by Aviva Dunsiger
http://avivadunsiger.blogspot.com/2010/08/mixbook-electronic-yearbook-documenting.html
Ms. Naugle’s Mixbook recorded classroom events
http://pnaugle.blogspot.com/2010/08/making-memory-book-for-year_21.html
World War 1 by Jennifer B.
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/world-war-i-2785
Poetry Portfolio by Kelfi J.
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/online-poetry-portfolio-by-kelfi-j-morales-4690658
How to create your own Mixbook video at Screencast.com
Sign up for a free account
Create a Mixbook
I have developed this 16 minute video to provide you with all of the basic details you will need to create a Mixbook.
http://www.screencast.com/t/HZRKaMlLGg
Note: To finish a project a another time, save the project by clicking on the save icon. Return to the project by logging in to your account and open the Mixbook by clicking on the Create tab (top of page) and open the project by clicking to select it from the Mixbooks in Progress list.
These directions include converting text to a jpeg image format for PC users.
To convert text created in Pages to a jpeg image format for Mac users:
Save as a PDF>Open in PDF Preview>Save as a JPEG.